I am a bit late on this one but I have run a 60 foot or so random wire on my
fence in the back yard. I used television antenna wire standoffs to keep the
bare copper from touching the fense and an MLB Balun form Universal. I have
this hooked to an old Drake R8 and for the most part I am happy. It does
sound as though you are overloading your front end. Maybe something to knock
the gain down a bit will help.

Tim


"ASW" wrote in message
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Well I have come to the conclusion that the antenna I have made really
does
not improve anything.

An example would me RTE on 6155. With my Scantenna It comes in pretty
clear. I get about +3dB to +5dB.

A little fading, some static cutting in and out.

With my "DIY" antenna about the same as far as dB goes, but much more
fading, and a lot more static in between fades.

Oh well back to the drawing board.

Thanks

Ant.

On a side note, as I tune across the bands, the "Dead Space" that I know
nothing is one (3200). I get about about +8 dB of pure static. As I
scan
through the frequencies up until about 5000 I get a wave pattern of sinal
that peaks every 60+/- herz. Is this the power in my house? How do I get
rid of it?

Thanks Again.



"ASW" wrote in message
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Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of
4
conducter telephone wire.

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input
is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want
to
listen to?

Thanks!
Ant